Now playing Next Germany Germany's Social Democrats elect top three party leaders Party delegates from Germany's centre-left Social Democrats elected three top officials on Saturday just days after its candidate, Olaf Scholz, became Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor. 11/12/2021
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Now playing Next Germany Germany's Social Democrats overwhelmingly back government deal The plan is for Scholz to be elected as chancellor on Wednesday and to lead a coalition with the Greens and Free Democrats. But before that can happen, members of the three parties need to approve the coalition deal. 04/12/2021
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Now playing Next Germany Germany: SPD ahead of Merkel's CDU in polls for first time in 15 years The change comes just a month before the country's federal election. 24/08/2021
Now playing Next World Germany 'super election year' starts with state and regional ballots On Sunday two German states with a combined population of over 15 million people will elect new regional governments. It's the start of the so-called 'super election year' culminating with federal elections in September. 12/03/2021
Now playing Next Germany Angela Merkel's deputy Olaf Scholz to run for chancellor in 2021 vote Germany's current finance minister said he was unanimously designated as the Social Democratic Party's candidate in the upcoming election for chancellor. 10/08/2020
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Now playing Next Germany Germany's SPD appoints three temporary leaders after Nahles resignation Germany's troubled Social Democrats (SPD) are in talks to appoint three temporary leaders following the resignation of Andrea Nahles as leader 03/06/2019
Now playing Next Germany Germany's Social Democrats seek leader after Nahles' resignation Andrea Nahles has quit as leader of the SPD, Angela Merkel's coalition parter, amid a slump in popularity. 02/06/2019
Now playing Next Europe News The Brief: A closer look at the European Greens In the lead up to the European elections, we are covering all of the political groupings. This time it's the turn of the Greens group. 07/05/2019
Now playing Next Germany Merkel's CDU, SPD bleed support in regional vote Merkel's CDU, SPD bleed support in regional vote 28/10/2018
Now playing Next Germany Merkel suffers another election setback in key German state of Hesse Both the parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition have suffered heavy losses in a regional election, exit polls suggest. 28/10/2018
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. Bavarian election: Do not forget the biggest loser, SPD! | View SPD’s vote actually halved, from 20.6% in 2013, to just 9.7%! This marks the party’s worst result in Bavaria since the 1930s, and is the first state parliament now where they have fallen below the symbolic 10% threshold in recent history - a painful exercise for a former Volkspartei. 15/10/2018
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Now playing Next Germany German newspaper registers dog to vote in SPD coalition ballot Newspaper Bild signed Lima the dog up for the SPD using the party's online tool and her owner's email and postal addresses. 20/02/2018
Now playing Next Germany German Election: AI program shows bias Researchers used artificial intelligence to compare the manifestos of the German parties with the coalition agreement. And it showed that 70 percent of the content referred to the SPD manifesto and only 30 percent to that of the conservatives 13/02/2018
Now playing Next Germany Party praises Schulz for refusing government role in coalition deal Andrea Nahles, the favourite to lead the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), described Martin Schulz's decision as "remarkable and humane". 09/02/2018
Now playing Next Germany SPD party members will decide Germany's fate Germany's long-awaited coalition needs the backing of the party's young voters. 08/02/2018